📌 New Town, City of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh‘s Catholic Cathedral, St Mary’s, can be found on the east side of the New Town, within easy reach of the city’s main shopping district. Cathedrals often dominate the local skyline, but at St Mary’s it’s the other way round: tall surrounding developments such as the St James Quarter shopping centre and Edinburgh Playhouse make the church easy to miss. Take a few minutes out of your day to visit and you’ll find a calming interior with a magnificent painted frieze over the altar. Not to be confused with St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in the West End.
🌍 Location
📌 61 York Place, 5-min walk northeast of Edinburgh Waverley station
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 259743
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.956070,-3.188018
🚋 Picardy Place | 🚆 Edinburgh Waverley | 🚌 Numerous local buses
🚗 Car parks / street parking nearby (both charge)
📝 Key info
⌚ Probably daily
🎫 Free
